Clip for fastening expanded-metal laths



Feb. 1e, 1926. 1,573,783 n -CLIP Fo AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ythe following is a specification.

Patented F eb. 16, 1926. 'l

1,573,783 PATENT oFFlcE.

JOHN s. -RAYNOR, oP. PHILADELPHIA, PENN'SYLVA'NIA.

CLIP PoR FASPENING EXPANDED-METAL LA'IHS.

Appi'ication med may 7,

'To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JOHN. S. RAYNOR, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Clip for Fastening .Expanded-Metal Laths, of which My invention relates to new and `useful improvements in a clip for fastening expanded metal laths and wire woven laths to plasterers steel furring irons or bars, and has for its object to provide an exceedingly simple and effective device of this descriptionwhich will ive a'hundred' per cent eliciencyl in vfastening such laths to such bars by securing'the laths to the `bars throughout the entire length of the latter.

A further object of my invention is to so construct this clip thatit may be properly used b persons of little or no skill and will be foo -proof when applied.

Another object ofy my invention is to so construct and apply the clip that a 'better surface for the plasterers trowel will be provided when applying the first or scatch coat of plaster.

A still further object of my invention is to so construct these cllps that during the application thereof one after the other will overlap and lock the preceding clip so that by securing the free end of the last clip in. the series a whole series will be securely locked in place against any possibility of displacement.

With these ends in view, this invention consists in the details of construction and combination `of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claims. A v

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains, may understand how to make an use the same, I will describe its construction in detail, referring by numerals tol the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, in

Fig. 2, is a similar view showing a por-r -tion of a'plasterers iron and a Woven wire A the plasterers iron.

lath attached thereto bymy improved clips.

'Fig 3, is a view similar to F ig. 2 showing the locking end of the clip in the position it will assume just prior to locking 1t upon 1924.. serial N'o. 711,521.

In carrying out my invention as here embodied, 1 represents the body of the clip which may be formed of'round, squareor fiat lengths of metal rod` or wire and from this body portion projects a leg 2 at approximately right angles thereto and this leg has a right angle or horizontal section 3 and a down turned section 4 which as a unit forms a locking leg for the purpose hereinafter set forth.

.At the opposite end of the body is formed a leg 5 also approximately at right angles thereto and this leg terminates in the right .angle or horizontal section 6, this leg and section constituting a stay leg.

7 represents a plasterers fui-ring iron or through an opening in the lath and turned- 'in cork-screw fashion until the locking leg 'l restsover on top of the bar 7, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, after which the body oftheclip is swungparallel with the bar which will swing the section 4 of the locking leg downward to the opposite side of the bar thereby locking itin place and during this swingingl of the body the stay leg 5 is passed through one openingin'the lath and forced upward so thatthe section 6 'thereof will spring over the top of the bar, as clearly shown in. Fig. 2.v

The locking leg of a second clip is then passed through an opening .in the lath behind the stay leg and brought into locked position las before described and when its stay leg is finally passed through an opening' in theplath land s rung into placeover the bar a stay legof tllie preceding clip will be securely locked in place as will be readily understoodby reference to Fig. 2.y

`This process is continued until-a series of clips extending the entire length ofthe bar 7 have been put in place, thestay leg of the last clip being secured against accidental displacement by wiring or otherwise, thus giving the metal lath a hundred per cent supportthroughout the entire length of thel bar. Heretofore metal laths have been secured to the furring bars by threading a short vius section of Wire through the meshes thereof and passing said Wire around the bar and then twisting its ends together. lThis not only requires considerable skill to produce the proper results but only supports the metal lath at intervals leaving it with a tendency to sag and also leaving the twisted ends of the tie Wires as an obstruction to the first application of the plaster coat.

All. of these disadvantages are entirely overcome by my invention permitting a much better class of work to be produced by unskilled labor than as to have been pro duced by skilled labor and rendering it iinpossible for the improper securernent of the lathes to the furring bars.

As before stated the clip may be made of a 4length of Wire or rod of any cross section but in practice l' have found that a stili' round steel rod is preferable for this class of Work.

Of course l do not Wish to be limited to the exact details of construction as herein shown as these may be varied Within the limits of the appended claims Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is 1..As a new article of manufacture, asclip for securing metal lathing in place consisting of a body, a locking leg comprising a leg portion at right angles to the body, a right imanes angle section projecting from said leg por-l tion and a down turned section projecting from said right angle section, and a stay leg including a leg portion at right angles to the body and a right angle section projecting from said leg portion.

"2. ln combination with a furring bar and metal lathing, a series of clips, each of said clips comprising a body portion coactingy With the lathing, a locking leg embracing the bar, and a. stay leg supported by said bar, the locking legs of each succeeding clip engaging the body of the preceding one to hold the stay leg of said preceding clip in place against the bar.

3. The combination of a bar and metal lathing coacting therewith, of a plurality of clips, each of .said clips including a body in engagementtwith a portion of the lathing, a locking leg at one end of the body and passing thru the lathing and partway around the bar and across the body of a preceding clip, and a stay leg at the other end of said body and passing thru the lathing and part- Way around the bar, but a less distance than the locking leg, and held in place by the coaction of the locking leg of a succeeding clip -With the body.

ln testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature.

JOHN S. RAYNOR. 

